You are invited to attend the Friesen lecture, "When Science meets Society: The competition between knowledge and values," featuring Sir Mark Walport, recipient of the 2020 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research.
The University of Waterloo Chamber Choir sings a varied program including works by Indigenous composer Andrew Balfour, Indian-American composer Reena Esmail and Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume. Other composers whose works will be performed include Healey Willan, Rene Clausen, Benjamin Britten and Morton Lauridsen.
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Taher Kahil, Group Leader of the Water Security Research Group at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, presents "Global water security under changing socio-economic and climate conditions."
Programme:
Oh Lady Be Good - George Gershwin
Just Friends - John Klenner
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk/ Cootie Williams
Queen Bee - Sammy Nestico
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Traditional
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Amy Pruden, W. Thomas Rice Professor, University Distinguished Professor, Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA will present: Harnessing 'Omics to Inform Strategies to Mitigate the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance as a One Water Challenge.
This series of talks focuses on Dis/Ability Studies both within and beyond German Studies. Organized by Professor Michael Boehringer as part of his Disability in German Literature course, the presentations cover critical disability studies, myths and rhetorics of disability, German literature, and a public reading and discussion.
All talks are free and open to the public and will be hosted on Zoom. Please register for each event separately.
Lecture Details:
Disability Myths and Rhetorics
Speaker: Jay Dolmage (UW)
Dr. Gerard Yun, shakuhachi (Japanese Zen Buddhist Vertical flute)
Nathan Stretch, acoustic and electric guitars
Music of living plants in real time (plant sonification by PlantChoir, Kingston, Ontario)
In this seminar learn from Dr. Sabine Hoffmann, Group Leader of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in Switzerland.
Everyone is welcome to join the opening event for the University of Waterloo’s Ujima Black History Month, 2022 — and beyond.
Hosted by Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor, associate vice-president, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism, and featuring guests Dwayne Morgan, poet and social entrepreneur, Teneile Warren, writer and community advocate, David Delisca, spoken word poet, writer, actor and comedian, and a drumming performance by Bring on the Sunshine.
This intriguing concert features the following performers. It will be released as a Youtube Premiere on February 9 at 12:30pm. Join us and enjoy the chat.
Judith Davenport, viola
Peter Shackleton, clarinet
Anna Ronai, piano